Article 1

The following definitions apply for the purposes of this national ordinance and the provisions based on it:

a.          personal data: all data concerning an identified or identifiable natural person;

b.          processing of personal data: every action or set of actions concerning personal data, at least including the gathering, recording, organising, saving, updating, altering, retrieving, consulting, use, provision through forward transmission, circulation or any other form of provision, compiling, relating, as well as the protection, deletion or destruction of data;

c.           file: every structured set of personal data, regardless of whether that set of data is centralised or spread in a particular functional or geographical manner, which is accessible according to certain criteria and relates to differentpersons;

d.          responsible party: the natural or legal entity or any other person or administrative authority who or that, alone or in cooperation with others, determines the purpose of and the resources for the processing of personal data;

e.          processor: the person who processes personal data on behalf of the responsible party, without being subject to the direct authority of the latter;

f.           person concerned: the person to whom personal data relate;

g.          third party: every person, not being the person concerned, the responsible party, the processor, or any person under the direct authority of the responsible party or the processor, who is authorised to process personal data;

h.          recipient: the person to whom the personal data is provided;

i.            consent of the person concerned: every free, specific expression of will based on information, with which the person concerned accepts that personal data relating to him is processed;

j.           the minister: the Minister of Justice;

k.          provision of personal data: the disclosure or supply of personal data;

l.            gathering of personal data: the acquisition of personal data;

m.        court: the court of first instance of Sint Maarten;

n.          committee: the Personal Data Protection Supervisory Committee, referred to in Article 42 of this nationalordinance.

o.          country: the country of Sint Maarten.